Tuesday, November 24, 2009

I'm back, babies! Just got home from a week visiting my girl friend, and also fighting off a head cold. With the holiday shopping season (?) right around the corner, I return to you guys will some awesome news.

Shintaro Kago is selling original B&W and color illustrations via mail order, and he's shipping to overseas folks! All the details are available on this page, which includes ordering and shipping instructions!

The pieces aren't cheap, ranging in price from 10000 YEN (~$115) for B&W to 30000 (~$330) for full color ones. Plus shipping. That said, this is a great opportunity to snag something direct from the man himself... and for what are totally fair prices (actually a big low considering the size of 10" x 14").

My wallet is a bit stressed out right now, but I decided to go for it and grab one and pinch pennies later. There are tons of amazing pieces, but I opted for an B&W one I could put on the wall and not have to worry about folks calling the cops on me:

If you're in the art/gift buying mood anytime soon, go check them out!

UPDATE! Since I posted this Kago has sold 3-4 drawings and started adding additional ones to the site for sale :) Keep checking back!

Damn, those are radical.. How much extra was the shipping, dude? Unfortunately, it's all a bit out of my price range. Not sure if I'll be able to restrain myself tho...

Have you seen these Nemoto badboys on the Picturebox site? Fair do's, they're not originals but they're still pretty sweet. http://www.pictureboxinc.com/product/id/511/http://www.pictureboxinc.com/product/id/510/http://www.pictureboxinc.com/product/id/512/

btw Kago will now ship everything he sells overseas. Postcards, dōjins, dvds, art sets, toys and doo-das are less expensive than originals and almost just as fun, so get shopping. Fuck christmas gifts.

Nice! I actually commissioned him back in the middle of September for a piece, which came out amazing! I wonder if that sparked the selling art overseas thing. Here's the piece he did for me named "Harawata" (Internal Organs): http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/dragoncypher/ShintaroKagoPiece.jpg

@zytroop: Ah nice, that's really good to know! It's cool that Kago is hooking up with his growing/rabid internet fans directly.

@DragonCypher: Um... damn dude, that's pretty gnarly. I'm trying to imagine the email where you specified exactly what you wanted-- guess Kago was game for it. Don't tell me that is hanging on your bedroom wall?

If you don't mind me asking, what was his rate for an original commission? Was it like 150, 200?